The JFK was the last of the oil burners .That might have had something to do with the short service life .
When I arrived at the yards at 0'dark thirty I thought it was a building on the pier because of poor lighting .My Lawdy was that thing huge especially compared to a submarine .
If I have the story straight the old gal was originally going to be a nuke but they changed the plans for some reason.Might have been the extra cost .Oil or not it was still 280 thousand shaft HP and would really scoot launching planes .
Funny thing about the big flat tops .You could always tell by the number of women in the bars on the Norfolk strip if a big carrier had just deployed or was due in .Sea stories,I have a million .